MRI
Today, I will be getting an MRI of my brain done. With localized aches on my head, some headache and slight descreased vision changes, my doctors wants to be cautious and catch anything early on. My Dad will be taking me since its a long drive. I'm nervous...let's send out prayers and good thoughts and good energy that they will find nothing. I did get an MRI done 2 months ago and they saw something, but nothing conclusive to be concerned or serious that needed treatment. They even did a lumpar punture where they drew fluid from my lower spine and the resuls came back negative. So, let's hope for the best and what I'm experiencing are just side effects of Chemo.
Results of CT scan
My doctors are happy to tell me that so far with just 2 Chemo treatments, the latest CT scan shows "overall decrease in disease burden" and "decreased overall peri-bronchovascular nodularity in both lungs." Yay, what terrific news!! The overall prayers and support from everyone is helping! Let's continue to pray for more good news!
But the bad news is that they found a "new solid ground glass in lower lobe measuring 5 mm in left lung, possibly inflammatory or infectious, need attention and follow-up". Hopefully it's nothing serous and will improve by the next CT scan in two months.
My Health history
With no family history of lung cancer, I went on searching back on my health records to see when this may might have occured. So I got in touch with the earliest and only CT scan I had gotten in my college years, in 1997. The faxed report resulta at that time indicated that everything was normal. "Thorax is normal, heart and mediastinum are normal. There are no active pulmonary infiltrates." Everything, "vasculature pulmonary is normal. No active cardiopulmonary disease."
Since 1997, I had been feeling well, other than the having the flu like coughs and cold that came and went. This cancer, in hindsight hid itself well. It disguised itself behind the usual winter colds and grew stronger with each passing year. My doctors thinks I might have had this about 5 years ago which unfortunately since I then, I was either pregnant or breast feeding that it was hard to detect early on until now.
More Chemo
So far I have had 3 chemos. With my bone metastases, my Doctor is planning to add a 4th chemo, called Zometa. Reading about it states that "When cancer has spread to the bone, treatment with ZOMETA helps to protect bones and may reduce or delay such as bone fracture." I am not sure about this though since it does come with lots major side effects and it "has been known to cause kidney damage." This is scary. The 3 Chemos that I am on now are already wrecking havoc on my immune system and making me weak and tired already. I'm just not so sure about adding a 4th one on.
Overall, I'm doing pretty ok with chemo. I have times throughout the day where I feel awfully weak and tired but I still try to live each day as normal, functional and as full of life and hope as I can.
Let's continue to hope for the very best and for full remission!
Today, I will be getting an MRI of my brain done. With localized aches on my head, some headache and slight descreased vision changes, my doctors wants to be cautious and catch anything early on. My Dad will be taking me since its a long drive. I'm nervous...let's send out prayers and good thoughts and good energy that they will find nothing. I did get an MRI done 2 months ago and they saw something, but nothing conclusive to be concerned or serious that needed treatment. They even did a lumpar punture where they drew fluid from my lower spine and the resuls came back negative. So, let's hope for the best and what I'm experiencing are just side effects of Chemo.
Results of CT scan
My doctors are happy to tell me that so far with just 2 Chemo treatments, the latest CT scan shows "overall decrease in disease burden" and "decreased overall peri-bronchovascular nodularity in both lungs." Yay, what terrific news!! The overall prayers and support from everyone is helping! Let's continue to pray for more good news!
But the bad news is that they found a "new solid ground glass in lower lobe measuring 5 mm in left lung, possibly inflammatory or infectious, need attention and follow-up". Hopefully it's nothing serous and will improve by the next CT scan in two months.
My Health history
With no family history of lung cancer, I went on searching back on my health records to see when this may might have occured. So I got in touch with the earliest and only CT scan I had gotten in my college years, in 1997. The faxed report resulta at that time indicated that everything was normal. "Thorax is normal, heart and mediastinum are normal. There are no active pulmonary infiltrates." Everything, "vasculature pulmonary is normal. No active cardiopulmonary disease."
Since 1997, I had been feeling well, other than the having the flu like coughs and cold that came and went. This cancer, in hindsight hid itself well. It disguised itself behind the usual winter colds and grew stronger with each passing year. My doctors thinks I might have had this about 5 years ago which unfortunately since I then, I was either pregnant or breast feeding that it was hard to detect early on until now.
More Chemo
So far I have had 3 chemos. With my bone metastases, my Doctor is planning to add a 4th chemo, called Zometa. Reading about it states that "When cancer has spread to the bone, treatment with ZOMETA helps to protect bones and may reduce or delay such as bone fracture." I am not sure about this though since it does come with lots major side effects and it "has been known to cause kidney damage." This is scary. The 3 Chemos that I am on now are already wrecking havoc on my immune system and making me weak and tired already. I'm just not so sure about adding a 4th one on.
Overall, I'm doing pretty ok with chemo. I have times throughout the day where I feel awfully weak and tired but I still try to live each day as normal, functional and as full of life and hope as I can.
Let's continue to hope for the very best and for full remission!
I am very touched in reading your blog. It is amazing that you are able to handle everything with such grace and grit. My heart goes out to you, your husband, and your three young children. I am sending you prayers that you will recover. So hang in there and fight.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your health history with us. We're all curious as to how you unfairly got this cancer.... here's to hoping for more positive test results!!
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